The easiest way to let visitors discover your old posts is to have pagination on your WordPress site.
WordPress themes often add next/previous post links at the bottom of the archive pages. It’s good when you have fewer posts.
But if you have a lot of posts on your site, it’s better to have numeric pagination. Our experience shows that numerical pagination is easier to use, more appealing, and more SEO-friendly.
Now, if you’re wondering how to add numeric pagination in WordPress, you’re in the right place. Here I’ll show you two easy ways to add numeric pagination.
What is Pagination in WordPress?
Pagination is the process of dividing the WordPress site’s content into different pages. It allows your visitors to check older and newer content. It’s a common feature of a WordPress site.
How to Add Numeric Pagination in WordPress
There are several ways to add pagination in WordPress. In the post, we will cover two ways.
Let’s get started with the first method.
Method 1: Add Numeric Pagination with the Pagination Block
To use the pagination block, you must add the ‘Query loop’ block. Otherwise, you will not find the pagination block.
Open the page/post, where you want to add a pagination and search for the ‘Query Loop’ block.
Add the block by clicking on it.
Click on the ‘Start Blank’ button and choose any variation.
I am choosing the ‘Image, Date & Title’ Variation. As soon as you click on any variation, all the recent posts will become visible on your screen.
You will also be able to see the pagination below the post’s.
If you don’t see one, you can add one. Just click the add block inside the query loop block.
Afterward, your pagination will look something like this below.
If you wish to customize the block, then do it from the block settings. Make sure you select the pagination block first and then open the block settings.
Method 2: Using a Pagination Plugin
There are a handful number of pagination WordPress plugins available –
Here we will be using the WP-Paginate plugin to add numeric pagination in WordPress.
First, install the plugin. Just go to your WordPress Dashboard and click on ‘Add New’ from the ‘Plugins’ menu. Then search for ‘WP-PageNavi’ and install & activate the plugin.
After activating the plugin, go to ‘WP-Paginate’ from the ‘Settings’ menu.
Here you can configure the page navigation settings. You don’t need to do anything in the ‘General’ section. Select ‘Everywhere’ and Position as ‘Below the Content’ from the ‘Location & Position’ section’.
Then select the Button Style.
Configure other settings according to your needs. And click on the ‘Save Changes’ button.
That’s it. You’re done. Your pagination will look like this –
You can use the custom CSS to change the look of the pagination.
Conclusion
Hope this post helped you to add numeric pagination to your WordPress site. If you have any questions regarding this, feel free to ask via comment.
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Changelog
- Updated on 2024-11-03 (Uzzal Raz Bongshi)
- Removed method 1.
- Added ‘Method 1: Add Numeric Pagination with the Pagination Block’.
